There are lots of these cool vintage-looking badminton racquets at my neighborhood thrift store, so I had the idea to make some wall decoration for my daughter's room. I used many colors of embroidery thread that I already had at home. You could make a simple image or your child's initial. I chose to do a heart.

What you would need:*various colors of embroidery thread*wooden badminton racquet *embroidery needle*marker

Step 1:Decide on your design and sketch it out. Then use a permanent marker to mark your design onto the racquet.Step 2:Cut a yard or so of embroidery thread.Step 3:Tie the thread into a knot on the racquet. Leave a two inch tail of thread so that you can tie the other end off when you are finished wrapping.Step 4:Continue wrapping thread onto the racquet until the area of your design is completely filled in. Change colors of thread as often as you like. A needle isn't completely necessary, but it made the job go more quickly for me.

Hi and welcome to Bloesem! My name is Irene Hoofs and I started this journal in 2008 wanting to share my passion for design, art and craft with you. In 2016 BloesemKids moved to a new url called BloesemDesign.com